Gluten-free foods such as pizza crusts are very useful in stopping the potentially serious health risks concerned with gluten-sensitivity and Celiac disease.
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Gluten Sensitivity Symptoms
According to WebMD.COM:
"Celiac disease is suspected in people who have signs or symptoms of recurrent diarrhea, abdominal bloating, and malabsorption or malnutrition. Other diseases, however, can produce malabsorption and malnutrition, such as pancreatic insufficiency (a pancreas that is not able to produce digestive enzymes), Crohn's disease of the small intestine, and small intestinal overgrowth of bacteria. It is important, therefore, to confirm suspected celiac disease with appropriate testing.
Specific antibody tests for celiac disease
Antibodies are proteins that are produced by the immune system to fight viruses, bacteria, and other organisms that infect the body. Sometimes, however, the body produces antibodies against non-infectious substances in the environment (for example, in hay fever) and even against its own tissues (autoimmunity).
Antibodies are proteins that are produced by the immune system to fight viruses, bacteria, and other organisms that infect the body. Sometimes, however, the body produces antibodies against non-infectious substances in the environment (for example, in hay fever) and even against its own tissues (autoimmunity).
Certain blood tests should be performed initially to look for antibodies specific to celiac disease. Immunoglobulin A (IgA) anti-tissue transglutaminase antibody is the single preferred test for detection of celiac disease. If abnormally elevated levels of IgA endomysial and anti-tissue transglutaminase antibodies are found, a person almost certainly has celiac disease. High levels of another antibody, anti-gliadin antibody (AGA), may also be detected, but they don't necessarily mean a person has celiac disease. However, anti-gliadin antibody levels are useful in monitoring response to treatment, because they will usually begin to fall within several months of successful treatment of celiac disease with a gluten-free diet. Similarly, anti-endomysial antibody levels decrease on a gluten-free diet and often become negative in treated patients." [Read More]
Ultimately, however, you never want to self-diagnose. Always seek the advice of a medical practitioner, as some other serious health conditions can mimic Celiac disease or gluten-sensitivity. Once a diagnosis has been confirmed however, depending on your doctor's advice, you have to start making dietary changes. That's where gluten-free foods come in.
Gluten-Free Pizza Crusts
Gluten-free pizza crusts are one of many different foods that you can switch to in order to avoid a food attack. There are several others as well as a lot of resources as well. What you really need to watch out for is whether or not the facility in which the gluten-free food has been prepared has any risk of cross-contamination.
Make sure that the place that is supplying the food is 100% gluten-free. That way there isn't any or at the very least, a minimal risk of cross-contamination. That way you can eat gluten-free pizza crusts or whichever gluten-free food you wish and be safe.
